Published March 1980
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Journal article
Safety of fission reactors
Description
To decide if reactors are safe enough to use for the generation of a significant part of our power, the dangers should be understood and a quantitative measure of the risks must be made. A general description of reactors of the light water type, a discussion of the Rasmussen Report, and a description of the Three Mile Island Accident are used to argue that reactors can be managed so that the power generated is worth the risk
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Sci. Am.
- Journal Volume
- 242
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Series
- Sci. Am.
- Journal Page Range
- 53-65
- ISSN
- 0036-8733
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 11558801
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Descriptors DEI
- AFTER-HEAT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTOR SAFETY; RISK ANALYSIS; SCRAM; THREE MILE ISLAND-2 REACTOR
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCIDENTS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POWER PLANTS; POWER REACTORS; PWR TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR SHUTDOWN; REACTORS; SAFETY; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS